By Louise Irvine A presentation for the Lewis Carroll Society of North America inspired me to look more closely at the Dodos in our Mad Tea Party exhibition which celebrates the Wonderland adventures of Alice down the rabbit hole and through the looking glass. The dodo is a caricature of

By Louise Irvine World Oceans Day is June 8 and we applaud the City of Hollywood for their plans to deploy an artificial coral reef in partnership with the Ocean Rescue Alliance and the 1000 Mermaids Project. The campaign to save the Florida reefs has inspired several WMODA artists. Local

By Louise Irvine This weekend, Brits around the world are celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, the first time a British monarch has reigned for 70 years. We are highlighting the “Royal” in Royal Doulton and exploring the company’s illustrious royal history in the wide-ranging WMODA collection. Hanging above the

By Louise Irvine One of the main attractions at WMODA is our amazing collection of Dale Chihuly’s glass art so I was delighted to learn more about the artist on a recent visit to his home city of Tacoma, Washington for the 50th annual conference of the Glass Art Society

The Thinking Cap Theater group has moved in as our neighbor on the first floor at MAD Arts. TCT, a Broward based professional non-profit, thrives on experimentation and has become known for staging bold and boundary-breaking plays during the last 12 years. TCT’s first production at their new home in

By Louise Irvine Local ceramic artist, Ellen Cohen Berman, has been invited to join the Artists Showcase in the WMODA Studio Collection and her new calla lily wall sconces in the Art Nouveau gallery have inspired us to look more closely at these beautiful blooms. The lily is one of

By Louise Irvine Life Lessons are being explored during Museum Week (June 13-19) and at WMODA we are advocating the South African spirit of Ubuntu. When I first met Fée Halsted and visited the Ardmore Studio in Kwazulu-Natal, I began to realize the importance of this philosophy of communal existence

By Louise Irvine It was “all hands on deck” for Museum Day at WMODA to highlight the measures needed to save the coral reefs in Florida. Visitors of all ages joined in the project to create a coral reef in clay. The collaborators learned about hand-building, press molding, and wheel-throwing